Egypt Media Roundup (June 19)

[Protesters chant after the ruling against the Egypt-Saudi border demarcation agreement on Monday, 16 January, 2017. Photo from Aswat Masriya.]

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17 striking workers acquitted as court demands right to strike be included in civil service law Seventeen post office workers facing charges of peaceful striking were acquitted by the Supreme Administrative Court on Saturday. In the absence of legislation governing the right to strike for public sector workers, the ruling stipulated that it is a right enshrined within Article 15 of the Constitution, noting that legislators have failed to include it in the civil service law.

Excerpts from Parliament’s landslide vote on Tiran and Sanafir In a parliamentary session today, about 400 MPs voted in favor of the maritime border agreement brokered between Egypt and Saudi Arabia in April 2016. As per the agreement, sovereignty over Tiran and Sanafir islands will be transferred from Egypt to Saudi Arabia.

Update: Prosecution to detain 8 arrested near Journalists Syndicate sit-in till Thursday Eight people arrested from the area surrounding the Journalists Syndicate will remain in police custody until Thursday as the National Security Agency conducts background checks on them, the Qasr al-Nil prosecution decided on Wednesday, according to lawyer Mohamed Abdel Aziz. Prosecutors will decide on Thursday whether to jail them pending investigations or release them.

1 killed, 4 injured in Cairo explosion targeting CSF vehicle One police officer was killed and another officer and three enlisted in the Central Security Forces were injured on Sunday morning when an explosive device detonated as their vehicle was traveling on a road leading to Maadi, according to a statement by the Interior Ministry.

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